“It must be another Alejandro,” she whispered.
But it wasn’t.
The admission date.
Seven years earlier.
The same day as the “accident.”
The same day she buried that coffin.
María’s heart was beating so hard she thought she might faint.
She didn’t scream.
She didn’t cry.
She didn’t make a scene.
She took out her phone.
Photographed every page.
Then carefully closed the folder.
She returned to her seat.
When the nurse called her, María walked to the bed as usual.
She sat down.
Extended her arm.
The needle entered her skin.
Blood began to flow.
But this time María did not close her eyes.
She looked at the transparent tube.
She watched her blood slowly travel into the bag.
And for the first time she understood something terrible.
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